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From: cyamamot@kilroy.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Cliff Yamamoto)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Hayes has good QC? (was Re: Ultra 96 "In the weeds")
Summary: It must be a fluke; Hayes wouldn't sell junk... would they?
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Date: 13 Nov 90 16:18:50 GMT
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In article <901112204128.20e00d89@MISVAX.MIS.ARIZONA.EDU> SOLOMON@MIS.ARIZONA.EDU (Monty Solomon) writes:
>My brand new Hayes Ultra 96 sends the following to my computer at 9600bps
>after I power it up:
>TEST 1 [RAM] FAILED
>ADDRESS= 800000     DATA XOR= FF
>
>In the weeds (opcode FF encountered) at 0;0; (Phys 0/0/0/)
>NMIMON>
>
>Has anyone else seen this with their Ultra 96?

Well a few days ago, I received my brand new shrink wrapped box Ultra 96 and
I couldn't EVEN talk to it!  Whenever I powered it up, the SD light stayed on
continously.  The RD light was off.  Then as soon as I sent ANY character down
the line (any baud), the RD light would come on and STAY on.  Out of the blue,
I did get one error message (luckily I was listening at 9600 baud).

TEST 5 [PIO] FAILED

or something like that.

Anyway, I can see that I'm not the only one with a flakey Ultra 96.  I have
already sent it back to where I bought it for an exchange so I'm looking
forward to see how my replacement is.

Toby, are you listening?  Any comments about Hayes' QC?  I'm still a loyal
Hayes user after owning my Smartmodem 2400 for 5 years.  I hope things haven't
changed at Hayes.

Regards,
Cliff Yamamoto